This is your Ultimate Guide to a San Blas Islands tour by San Blas Adventures: The best way to get from Colombia to Panama and see the amazing San Blas archipelago! This four-day boat adventure was one of the most amazing experiences we had in the region with island hopping, snorkeling, bonfires, and amazing, tropical …
COLOMBIA
Colombia is a unique country with a diverse array of natural attractions such as waterfalls, beaches and forests. I spent just under a month here exploring some beautiful spots.
650 stairs lead you through a narrow crack up the steep slope of the impressive La Piedra Del Penol, or ‘The Big Guatape Rock’. At the top of the Guatape rock, the view is quite simply breathtaking and has to be one of the most amazing lookouts in all of Colombia. At 2,135 meters above …
Minca is an awesome little mountain region near Santa Marta in Colombia. It’s like the Ubud of Colombia with cute little cafes, hostels, and eco-villages, and huts spread throughout the luscious jungles of the Minca mountains. One of the most epic places to stay in Minca is Casa Elemento. Like many places in Minca, it has …
Guatape was the base for the main days of this week’s adventure. An hour and a half bus ride from Medellin had us into the mountainous land of Guatape, a truly astonishing place that looked more like Europe than Colombia. Like many tourists before us, we had come to see the big rock, La Piedra …
With our first week of travel in Colombia under our belts, Josh and I left Santa Marta and headed towards the heart of Colombia, Medellin. We checked straight into Selina Medellin Hostel with thanks to Hostelworld. So far my Spanish was slowly coming back to me from my college days, but the daily struggle to …
I packed my life’s possessions into my backpacking bag, headed off to the airport and dropped it on the scale at the check-in desk. The electronic scale beeped twice then flashed the numbers 13.4kg. That’s what my life had boiled down to. 13.4 kg of checked baggage and a backpack of camera gear. I was …